My Mother's Secret (2012)

Lauren Coulson, a dedicated school teacher of thirty-four years, is elated upon discovering her first pregnancy with her lawyer husband, Dennis. However, her curiosity about motherhood leads her to a staggering revelation from her widowed mother - Lauren was adopted. The news sends Lauren and Dennis on a quest to unearth her biological roots, leading them to a woman named Evelyn Wells. Evelyn is a shell of a woman, heavily medicated and living under the watchful eye of her brother Jonas Wells, in an adjacent town. As they delve deeper into Evelyn's past, they uncover a chilling criminal case that coincides with Evelyn's pregnancy timeline. Her father was brutally murdered, and her ex-lover, Garrett Fowler, was sentenced to life imprisonment for the crime. The implication hits hard - Garrett might be Lauren's biological father. Determined to confront her past, Lauren visits Garrett in prison, where he vehemently denies his role in the crime. His conviction stirs a sense of doubt in Lauren, who, backed by Dennis, decides to embark on a perilous journey to uncover the truth. The path to truth is fraught with deception and danger. The more Lauren and Dennis dig, the more they realize that they can't trust anyone involved in the case. As they inch closer to the truth, their lives hang in the balance. Evelyn, tormented and terrified, refuses to reveal what she knows, even if it means risking her own life and Lauren's. As the couple uncover a web of hidden secrets, more murders occur, and their pursuit of truth is repeatedly thwarted. The question remains - who exactly murdered Lauren's grandfather? And why is Evelyn so petrified to reveal the truth about the harrowing events of the past? Unraveling these mysteries promises a journey that gets uglier with each unraveling thread.

My Mother's Secret is a thriller movie featuring Dean Hagopian.

My Mother's Secret is currently streaming on DIRECTV.